A Very Different Brett Kavanaugh Survives His First Oral Arguments
This courtroom sketch depicts Attorney Brenda G. Bryn speaking in front of justices Elena Kagan and Brett Kavanaugh at the Supreme Court on Tuesday.Dana Verkouteren/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Brett Kavanaugh survived his first oral arguments as a Supreme Court justice on Tuesday without the protesters or disruptions that…
Today Is a Make or Break Day for Beto O’Rourke
Bill Clark/Associated Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. There are no unimportant days during campaign season, but some days are more significant than others. This year, Tuesday October 9 is one of them. When the dust settles on November 6, at least a few campaigns might look back in anguish…
Here’s What’s Really Wrong With the Supreme Court: It’s Too Damn Powerful
Olivier Douliery/CNP via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Jonah Goldberg sez: Confirming Brett Kavanaugh was the best outcome at the end of a hellish decision-tree that left the country with no ideal option. Reasonable people may differ on that. But what seems more obvious: It’s all going to get…
Hope Hicks Finds Love and Happiness At Fox
Ting Shen/Xinhua via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The revolving door revolves some more today: FOX won’t find anyone smarter or more talented than Hope Hicks. So happy for my friend. They are beyond lucky to have you and the East Coast misses you already. https://t.co/mUQUlip5oc — Sarah Sanders…
This Anti-Ted Cruz Ad Probably Won’t Flip Many Votes, But It’s Pretty Funny
FTC PAC/YouTube Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, running for reelection after a bruising 2016 presidential bid, has embraced a campaign slogan that could also be used to sell trucks or, I don’t know, asphalt—he’s “Tough as Texas.” This was a decent, if characteristically overwrought, persona…
Nikki Haley Resigns as UN Ambassador
Luiz Rampelotto/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Nikki Haley has resigned as US ambassador to the United Nations. Speaking from the Oval Office on Tuesday, President Donald Trump confirmed that Haley will leave her post at the end of the year. “We’ve done a fantastic job together,” Trump told reporters. “We’ve…